Valdez, Big Oil Argue Over Spills Protection
Every day, millions of gallons of oil move from the Arctic through the trans-Alaska pipeline to the small coastal town of Valdez, 600 miles away.
There, high above the waters of Prince William Sound, the oil is piped into massive storage tanks, where it sits until ships come to pick it up, typically bound for refineries in the Lower 48.
These tanks, and the risk they pose to the environment, are at the center of a new feud between the oil industry and Valdez's city government...
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